Cheap TatOneEyedMonster remindes us about the crap you can buy in pound shops: "Batteries that lasted about an hour and then died. A screwdriver with a loose handle so I couldn't turn the damn screw, and a tape measure which wasn't at all accurate."
Similarly, my neighbour bought a lawnmower from Argos that was so cheap the wheels didn't go round, it sort of skidded over the grass whilst gently back-combing it.
What's the cheapest, most useless crap you've bought?
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chthonic, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 7:26)
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Hear hear!I've worked for organisations that provided tea and coffee for their staff. But, always 'Fair Trade' stuff.
The coffee was undrinkable to the point that a group of us would chip in and buy something more palatable, and the tea was as weak as gnats piss. I mean, OK, Fair Trade, perfectly laudable in principle, but have they ever stopped to consider that the reason they weren't able to get a fair price for their coffee was because, like erm, it didn't taste like coffee?
And whilst we are on the subject, what about adopting the Fair Trade principle for UK producers..? Or is that too radical a concept for Tescos and Asda and the like to comprehend?
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 7 Jan 2008, 15:01,
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